If you want to be a Champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one.
Interpretation
To achieve greatness, you must embody the mindset and behaviors of a champion.
This quote by Red Auerbach emphasizes that becoming a champion is not just about skills or talent; it also requires a specific mindset and attitude. To truly succeed, you must visualize yourself as a champion, take actions that align with that identity, and present yourself in a way that reflects confidence and determination.
In practice
This quote can be shared during motivational speeches to inspire athletes.
To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.
I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.
I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club.
They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.
To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.
When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being?
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.
It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.
I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment it is the most vulnerable - one negative comment could knock you off course.
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.
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